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we talk a lot about the medicare cuts and i think what a lot of people don't understand is when the medicare bills were written, x-amount of decades ago, many of the healthcare opportunities that we currently have are not evenwo# therefore costing patients hundreds of millions of dollars and costing the united states government hundreds of millions of dollars. because i'm a respirator therapist i'll speak directly to that profession. example, we all know that lung disease is the fourth leading cause of all,drg medical diagnosis but when you look at the reimbursement of medicare on those types of patient as respiratory therapist cannot provide care to home care patients or nursing home patients because our services are not reimbursed. only the services of a physician or nurse. i've been a therapist for 25 years and if i go teach a smoking sensation class to a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patient, i'm not reimbursed by medicare. not only an issue of medicare spending and cuts but yet, where there are cost saving idea they are wiped out completely because they, if you look at assisted
we talk a lot about the medicare cuts and i think what a lot of people don't understand is when the medicare bills were written, x-amount of decades ago, many of the healthcare opportunities that we currently have are not evenwo# therefore costing patients hundreds of millions of dollars and costing the united states government hundreds of millions of dollars. because i'm a respirator therapist i'll speak directly to that profession. example, we all know that lung disease is the fourth leading...
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medicare -- that goes away. also, this business of creating massive new government-run health insurance exchanges and allowing businesses to not offer health insurance to their employees if they just pay and 8% tax to the federal government is going to create an incentive for you are going to see, by some estimates, maybe a hundred million americans could lose the health insurance they currently have with their employer. it is not because the government would make the employer dropped their health insurance regan -- health insurance. i think our remember the president's saying nothing in this bill will make you give up the insurance you have through your employer. i would say respectfully, it is awfully hard to keep the health insurance you have at your place of employment if your employer cancels it, and in this tough economy -- it is tough all over in this country. businesses are paying 12% of their payroll on health insurance. if the government says you can cancel it and just pay 8% and send people to the gov
medicare -- that goes away. also, this business of creating massive new government-run health insurance exchanges and allowing businesses to not offer health insurance to their employees if they just pay and 8% tax to the federal government is going to create an incentive for you are going to see, by some estimates, maybe a hundred million americans could lose the health insurance they currently have with their employer. it is not because the government would make the employer dropped their...
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part of that is through medicare cuts. half a trillion dollars in medicare cuts. and there are a lot of physicians today that do not accept medical assistance patients or medicare pishts today and it's all economic -- patients today and it's all economics. medical assistance pace 40 cents to 60 cents for every dollar and medicare pays 80 cents to 90 cents for every dollar of cost. just recently one of the facilities that president obama lifted up as a bright shining example of what we could do for health care reform, the mayo clinic, their operations in arizona decided, announced they were no longer taking medicare payment. which meant if you're an older adult and you're going to a facility that doesn't accept medicare, you have to pay out of pocket, you have to have some other provisions. and so these cuts that we've piled on top with medicare just add insult to injury and my diagnosis for either of the house and the senate democratic bills are fewer doctors and fewer hospitals. the most doctors in pennsylvania, the average doctor is over 50 years of nage pennsyl
part of that is through medicare cuts. half a trillion dollars in medicare cuts. and there are a lot of physicians today that do not accept medical assistance patients or medicare pishts today and it's all economic -- patients today and it's all economics. medical assistance pace 40 cents to 60 cents for every dollar and medicare pays 80 cents to 90 cents for every dollar of cost. just recently one of the facilities that president obama lifted up as a bright shining example of what we could do...
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you complain that it is broken and costs too much, yet medicare is bankrupt. congresswoman, do you think that the people that elected you are this stupid? why are you placing politics above the lives of people? . our guest will be peter hoekstra, who is on the intelligence committee. in the meantime, in news update from c-span radio. >> president obama meet with democratic leadership to work that details of the final health care plan. later, the president goes to maryland to toward a job- training center. bankers testify before the financial crisis commission today. in remarks to "politico" douglas holtz-eakin says not to expect any bombshells. you can hear live coverage of the meeting on c-span radio up at 10:00 eastern. and update on the earth quaked in haiti. officials say there is no way to estimate casualties from the devastating earthquake but went on to say, thank goodness and bus after hours. meanwhile, prince's foreign minister says the head of the mission in haiti died. everyone in the un mission building are apparently dead. >> congress established
you complain that it is broken and costs too much, yet medicare is bankrupt. congresswoman, do you think that the people that elected you are this stupid? why are you placing politics above the lives of people? . our guest will be peter hoekstra, who is on the intelligence committee. in the meantime, in news update from c-span radio. >> president obama meet with democratic leadership to work that details of the final health care plan. later, the president goes to maryland to toward a job-...
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if they had been a distinction made because of the volume of potential medicare recipients or poverty levels or something involving health care and nebraska that was different, then that would be a different story on the constitutionality. that's why many states in the national legislation are not all treated the same because they are distinctions. and a lot of times there's a lot of straightening that goes on as we all know. but there is always a reason given. well, there is no reason given here except the one i recited and that is one that we see as unconstitutional and is likely seen by many as a symbol of the excesses of the corruption and excessive spending and fiscal irresponsibility in the congress. now that is not addressed in this letter. with this letter addresses is simply the constitutionality of that one provision. after we wrote the letter the next day which was thursday, december 31st, i received a telephone call from senator gramm saying he had received a telephone call from senator ben nelson asking to call the dogs off, and senator gramm suggested to senator nelson t
if they had been a distinction made because of the volume of potential medicare recipients or poverty levels or something involving health care and nebraska that was different, then that would be a different story on the constitutionality. that's why many states in the national legislation are not all treated the same because they are distinctions. and a lot of times there's a lot of straightening that goes on as we all know. but there is always a reason given. well, there is no reason given...
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and yet you allow medicare price-fixing. on one hand you complain that the system is broken and cost too much. and yet medicare is bankrupt. and of course there still to. let's not debate the jail time if. congresswoman, i would like to ask do you really think the people who elected you are the stupid? why are you playing politics above people's lives ex- >> guest: well, the american medical association actually supports the legislation. so you're not representing the view of organized medicine here, who does, as you may know, in the house bill, we do make an important fix in terms of doctors, and come under medicare. and outcome in the house bill, because we increased the number of people, it agrees with the number of people in medicaid, we understand that we need to raise the rate, that doctors are paid their and so, it is not about politics. this is about -- and i would agree with you. i think we need to do more to regulate the insurance industry, make sure we don't have, and our bill does that, exclusions from preexistin
and yet you allow medicare price-fixing. on one hand you complain that the system is broken and cost too much. and yet medicare is bankrupt. and of course there still to. let's not debate the jail time if. congresswoman, i would like to ask do you really think the people who elected you are the stupid? why are you playing politics above people's lives ex- >> guest: well, the american medical association actually supports the legislation. so you're not representing the view of organized...
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the envision to pay for democrat health care will harm medicare and devastate medicare advantage. passing the democrat's health care bill will harm our economy at a time when we need to focus on creating jobs. i urge seniors to tell their democrat representatives to vote no on this job-killing, deficit-raising bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mrs. maloney: madam speaker, the joint economic committee, which i chair, has just launched a nonpartisan outreach, looking for new and creative ideas to accelerate job creation in our struggling economy. the g.e.s. is looking for ideas that come from outside the bubble of the beltway and that may be outside the box of conventional thinking. we are surveying executives at fortune 100 companies as well as leading small businesses across america looking for their ideas and innovation. the administration has already identified some of the things we must do to cre
the envision to pay for democrat health care will harm medicare and devastate medicare advantage. passing the democrat's health care bill will harm our economy at a time when we need to focus on creating jobs. i urge seniors to tell their democrat representatives to vote no on this job-killing, deficit-raising bill. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the...